We'll be "testing" our brooder starting tomorrow (Sat.) morning!!!! The feed store has Official Chick Day and we get 5 free chicks because we buy our feed there....WOHOOOO!!!!! Can't wait! We've got the brooder set up, holding at 97 degrees, need to adjust just a bit. Everything is ready. Our own order of specific breeds comes around April 10. So these ones coming tomorrow truly are the "test chicks."
We've got the electrolyte powder, chick feed, grit, waterer / feeder, bricks to put them on, a roll of paper towels, plenty of bedding and extra brooder boxes (been hiding them from DH
since he has NO IDEA and he ONLY likes cats), and the brooder is set up in DD's bedroom...I tried to explain about the dust, but she won't believe me so...
I understand about unpacking them when we get home, dip the beaks in water and offer some feed on the paper towel...anything else I should know...first time at raising chicks since I was about 4 years old
. My brother's class hatched banties, they each got to bring one home (on the bus...were they nuts?!!) and of course the poor little thing died within days. Didn't want to raise chicks after that little disaster...
What else am I looking for or need to know??????
We've got the electrolyte powder, chick feed, grit, waterer / feeder, bricks to put them on, a roll of paper towels, plenty of bedding and extra brooder boxes (been hiding them from DH
I understand about unpacking them when we get home, dip the beaks in water and offer some feed on the paper towel...anything else I should know...first time at raising chicks since I was about 4 years old
What else am I looking for or need to know??????
